Literature review for - Flourish Paediatrics

Table 24.2 Summary used to make evidence statement for breastfeeding and maternal and infant outcome (cont.)
STUDY Britton et l. 2007 Abdulwadud et al. 2007 Baird et al. 2009
DETAILS
(Review)
Affiliation/sour
ce of funds
University of York, UK
ASEBE TEFERI, Ethiopia; IMPART;
BC Centre of Excellence for Women's
Health, Canada
University of Southhampton, South
Hampton General Hospital UK,
Medical Research Council
Study design Meta Analysis Meta Analysis Systematic Review of (3 systematic
Level of
evidence
III-2 Evidence obtained from
comparative studies (including
systematic reviews of such studies) with
concurrent controls and allocation not
randomised, cohort studies, case-control
studies, or interrupted time series with a
control group.
reviews)
111-211 III-1 Evidence obtained from welldesigned
pseudorandomised controlled
trials (alternate allocation or some other
method).
Date of search 1966-2005 1951 - 2006 1966-2008
Number of 34 0 trials have evaluated this 3
studies
Total number 29 385 mother - infant pairs N/A NS
of participants
Population
characteristics
NA
Range of
exposure
Pregnant women intending to
breastfeed, postpartum women
intending to breastfed and women
breastfeeding their babies; Canada,
USA, UK, Brazil, Bangladesh,
Australia, India, Nigeria, Italy, Iran,
Netherlands, Belarus, Mexico, Sweden
Intervention: Pregnant or lactating
women intending to breastfed receiving
contact with an individual or individuals
Intervention: Any type of workplace
strategy to encourage, assist and support
breastfeeding for women returning to
Breastfeeding mothers or pregnant
women intending to breastfeed from
disadvantaged backgrounds (in
developed countries),
Intervention: Reviews on interventions
promoting and prolonging breastfeeding
and providing support for mother who
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